2000s Danelectro Hodad Bass/Baritone Electric Guitar Conversion

This is an older Danelectro Hodad bass that Ancel converted over into a baritone guitar per Mr. Bow's requested. He's currently giving it some gigging tests but I assume he'll be keeping it by hook or by crook. Ironically, Dano made their own version of a baritone guitar out of the Hodad platform but with three pickups and a switch instead of two and "bass-like" volume/tone controls as seen here. I think this simplified version, though, definitely has its own thing going on.

To keep price for the conversion down, we used a parts-bin spare Strat bridge (nice one, with Fender-stamped saddles) with its block removed and fit like a hardtail bridge to replace the original Dano-style bass bridge. The tuners are from some of the many sets of random spares we have on hand, pulled from a Japanese or Korean guitar of some sort. In the pictures and video it's got roundwound 10s on it (yes, with the 30" scale, you can tune B to B with 10s and it feels more or less like playing a Strat in E with 9s or 10s) but Bow took it home with flatwound 12s on it (an improvement, I think).

Repairs included: a fret level/dress, bridge, headstock, nut, tuner, etc. mods, setup work, and cleaning.

• Weight: 6 lbs 7 oz
• Scale length: 29 3/4"
• Nut width: 1 5/8"
• Neck shape: slim-med C
• Board radius: 14"
• Body width: 13 7/8"
• Body depth: 1 5/8"
• Body wood: masonite top/back with pine or poplar lining
• Bridge: Strat-style
• Fretboard: rosewood
• Neck wood: maple
• Pickups: original single-coil lipsticks
• Action height at 12th fret: 3/32" bass 1/16" treble (fast, spot-on)
• String gauges: 50w-10 previous, 54w-12 current
• Truss rod: adjustable
• Neck relief: straight
• Fret style: medium

Condition notes: it's got some scuffs and scratches and average usewear on the body but none of it is obvious. Clearly, it's been modified by us, so the above-mentioned mods are what's unoriginal. The rest is stock.

It comes with: sorry, no case.

Consignor tag: SW